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 RT:

"Ukrainian plot to assassinate RT editor-in-chief thwarted – FSB

Detained 'Neo-Nazis' also planned to kill Ksenia Sobchak, another prominent female journalist

Russian law enforcement has thwarted assassination attempts on RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan and journalist Ksenia Sobchak, which were prepared by Ukrainian intelligence, the Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced.

Those detained were caught carrying out reconnaissance on Friday in Moscow and the Ryazan region.

In a statement on Saturday, the agency said that together with the Interior Ministry and the national Investigative Committee, it had arrested an unspecified number of “neo-Nazis from the Paragraph 88 group who were gathering information at the work and home addresses of Simonyan and Sobchak.”

During the operation, law enforcement personnel seized a Kalashnikov assault rifle and 90 cartridges for it, rubber hoses, knives, brass knuckles and handcuffs, the FSB said. Officials added that “computers with information confirming criminal intentions” were also found.

“The detainees confirmed that they were preparing assassinations on the instructions of the Security Service of Ukraine for a reward of 1.5 million rubles ($16,600) for each murder,” the statement said.

Simonyan has been chief editor of RT since its foundation in 2005. Born and raised in the southern city of Krasnodar, she is married with three children.

...In April, it was reported that six alleged members of the banned terrorist group National Socialism / White Power, were arrested on suspicion of preparing an assassination attempt on the prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov. The investigation claimed that they were also acting on behalf of the SBU.

The same month Russian military blogger Maxim Fomin (Vladen Tatarsky) was murdered in a bomb attack in St Petersburg. A local activist Darya Trepova was arrested for the crime. She reportedly admitted that she had been recruited by a man linked to Ukrainian intelligence.

Last year, another Russian journalist, Darya Dugina, was assassinated in car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow. The FSB claimed that Ukrainian special services were behind the killing. The New York Times has reported that US government officials also believe Kiev was responsible"